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sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, though, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about the cause of the blast. local media are reporting that it might have been caused by an electrical fault or gas leak in an adjacent building but there's no confirmation nor denial of that. behind this police cordon, the rescue operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. still on the scene here, there are family members of missing workers desperately waiting for news of their loved ones. and either way, this is the worst explosion in mexico city for almost 30 years. will grant, bbc news, mexico. >> now to the wise-cracking former mayor of new york who was as colorful and as exuberant as his city. ed koch was known for speaking his mind and taking on his critics. after a decade of leading the big apple in the 1980's, he's also remembered for saving the city from near financial ruin. koch died today at the age of 88 from heart failure. he was famous for asking, how am i doing? a brief time ago i a
sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, though, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about the cause of the blast. local media are reporting that it might have been caused by an electrical fault or gas leak in an adjacent building but there's no confirmation nor denial of that. behind this police cordon, the rescue operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. still on the scene here, there are family members of missing workers desperately...
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we didn't used to like people who were not from here coming to tell us what to do. now we invite them in and say listen, what is the best practice, what are you doing mayor menino in boston, what are you doing in new york. mayor what are you doing in los angeles or chicago. and business leaders are doing it as well. what models work and we're inviting them into the city. our education movement which as you know is the most aggressive charter school reform movement in america, by far, is part of that new attitude to invite people in. and that has opened our eyes up to a new way of doing business. and that is a haley thing to do. that is a new way for people of new orleans. and it's getting good results. >> how many people in your family have been in public life? >> well, you know my family, i have eight brothers and sister, my mother and father had nine children in 11 years and most of us are not in politics. >> nine in 11 years. >> how about that, huh, my mother's awesome. but mary loretta who my older sister, a united states senator. i have a sister named madeline
we didn't used to like people who were not from here coming to tell us what to do. now we invite them in and say listen, what is the best practice, what are you doing mayor menino in boston, what are you doing in new york. mayor what are you doing in los angeles or chicago. and business leaders are doing it as well. what models work and we're inviting them into the city. our education movement which as you know is the most aggressive charter school reform movement in america, by far, is part of...
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, what do you want to do with us? ( applause ) >> warner: committee chairman leahy has pledged to send a bill to the full senate. and in the coming weeks, a house propopol is expected to be unveiled as well. so, could immigration reform be the rare big-ticket item that passes congress with bipartisan support? we explore the question with norman ornstein, a longtime congress watcher and a scholar at the american enterprise institute. and manu raju, a senior reporter with politico who has been closely covering the issue. manu, let me begin with you. tkphopbg the last couple of years has been so partisan and dysfunctional is there real reason to think immigration reform this time could be different? >> i think there is. the issues that have divided this congress in the last two years have been mainly over the fiscal matters. there's a sharp divide between republicans and democrats over the issues of taxes and spending. on immigration, it really cuts across party lines. there are a lot of senators from border states, infl
, what do you want to do with us? ( applause ) >> warner: committee chairman leahy has pledged to send a bill to the full senate. and in the coming weeks, a house propopol is expected to be unveiled as well. so, could immigration reform be the rare big-ticket item that passes congress with bipartisan support? we explore the question with norman ornstein, a longtime congress watcher and a scholar at the american enterprise institute. and manu raju, a senior reporter with politico who has...
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we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we asked them to show us someone who lived into their 90's. but one thing that hasn't changed is the official retirement age. the question is -- how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years? >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing. additional funding is provided by the an menburg foundation, and throughre contributions to s stations from viewers lik vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. is it blood? [woman screaming] pushing it a bit. no one could so i w were nger as his.o hamper identifi must make an effort to control those nerves of yours, my dear.
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want us to find common ground. they want us to try to figure out how to work together. that was a message that i carried throughout the primary and into the general and it won the day and i found that with members of the other party as well. >> representative brooks says her children were instrumental in her campaign. >> it was very exciting to have a lot of 18-year-old seniors in high school involved in the campaign and a lot of young college kids involved. and so we've got to keep them involved because the problems that the country is facing are theirs to inherit. and so i'm going to work very hard to encourage and keep a lot of young people involved. >> brooks wants them to know she understands the challenges they face. she's seen first hand through her children, their friends and her work just how tough the job market is today. >> if we don't turn this economy around and get jobs growing again, we're going to have a generation of young people coming out of school that aren't going to be put on that career path
want us to find common ground. they want us to try to figure out how to work together. that was a message that i carried throughout the primary and into the general and it won the day and i found that with members of the other party as well. >> representative brooks says her children were instrumental in her campaign. >> it was very exciting to have a lot of 18-year-old seniors in high school involved in the campaign and a lot of young college kids involved. and so we've got to keep...
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thank you for joining us. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a look at one of the most acclaimed films of the year so far, "beast of the southern wild," exploring the hardships endured by so many in the area and their struggle to maintain their humanity. tonight, we will introduce you to a star of the film, dwight henry," a baker, who accidentally ended up in the film that won at the sundance film festival. that is coming up, right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not oreet boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make everyday better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the likelihood of dwight henry starring in a critically acclaimed film an award-winning movie could not have been more remote. the small-business owner and new orlea
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whether you give, i giving or anyone else gives, it costs us money. it's a choice, and it's a choice we don't benefit from. i don't look at it when i choose to give each year as a deduction. i sit down with my wife and decide how much money we can afford to invest in community action. and we think how much more can the charity get with the tax deduction added in. it's about extending the value what i am already giving away. >> tom: a three to one return on investment is the statistic you got, right? >> that's a statistic that comes out of giving u.s.a. i think that's a pretty good rate of return. and if any stock i invested in showed that, i would be a pretty happy guy. >> tom: good point. we have to leave it there. add waw who heads up the associate of fund-raising professionals. >> thanks. >> tom: monday, with the markets closed for presidents' day, we alve deeper to givsoing investing and corporate citizenship. it's conscious capital, an "n.b.r." special edition.. you can read more about charitable giving and corporate responsibility on n.b.r.-u.jt
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to use an extinguisher. what's that acronym? we're going to take turns putting out this fire. you can see that it will make a pretty big mess but at least it put out the fire in your house or something like that. so when we want to shut off electricity is when we see an outlet or something smoking, when you smell that burning smell or if you are not really sure or if you do smell gas and it's safe to do so. if i am in the basement with this set up, this sort of ragedy old set up with switches and i smell gas, is it a good idea to be flicking these? no, because there will be a spark. you should get outside and try to ventilate that garage or enclosed area. these contacts, these are one side and they go into the other side here. see how they are in there now? that's a closed switch right there. it's actually a 3 pull switch. there's 3 different pulls to this switch. they are open, now they are closed, if it's closed it should -- that's when you want to turn it on and off, when it's closed, and then open it if
to use an extinguisher. what's that acronym? we're going to take turns putting out this fire. you can see that it will make a pretty big mess but at least it put out the fire in your house or something like that. so when we want to shut off electricity is when we see an outlet or something smoking, when you smell that burning smell or if you are not really sure or if you do smell gas and it's safe to do so. if i am in the basement with this set up, this sort of ragedy old set up with switches...
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take the kid who acts like a fool and use them as an example. >> your critics say it is a school that if the student accept u.s. to some of the floor in the eighth grade class. >> it keeps people in mind and admit it or not. >> we played games been here it is either running for 10 minutes. >> you fire people. >> they should be. >> one teacher after one day? you can tell? >> she was incompetent. >> last year i thought i would be fired a few times. it could happen at the drop of a dime. >> that doesn't happen the union school's. union teachers are happy they cannot be said of the fired but these teachers can be. >> does that bother you? >> if i am not doing my job and fired for that? >> if i was a doctor and i was not good, no one would come to me. >> i hope not. >> you cannot maintain quality. >> as many as we must and as little as we can. >> more than 10? >> in three schools, yes civic they can choose their textbooks and teaching methods as long as every quarter and every year the t. -- the kids are learning. >> 100 percent of her kids pass. if such charters work why aren't there more
take the kid who acts like a fool and use them as an example. >> your critics say it is a school that if the student accept u.s. to some of the floor in the eighth grade class. >> it keeps people in mind and admit it or not. >> we played games been here it is either running for 10 minutes. >> you fire people. >> they should be. >> one teacher after one day? you can tell? >> she was incompetent. >> last year i thought i would be fired a few times....
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and we have today with us ben latimer. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, good to see you. >> we're going to talk about things that you might do ... >> hi, i'm with building san francisco. and we have a special program of stay safe today where we're going to talk about what you can do to your home after an earthquake to make it waterproof and to be more comfortable. we're here at spur in san francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. and this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. and we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll talk about things you can do you don't have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an earthquake. >> i want to talk about things a homeowner can do. we have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if your front door is ajar and waterproofing if you have a leak in your roof, or if you have broken glass on the window. >> so unr, one of the most importan
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i didn't use computers, i didn't use my time wisely. i did ignorant things. >> reporter: rachel bennett says through self-motivation and the support of one goal hallmon turned everything around. >> last quarter he had a 4.1 g.p.a.. with the weight of his a.p. it will class so he was doing that as a young father. he takes care of his two-year-old, sees her everyday, takes her to her doctor appointments. >> my one goal teacher always encouraged me like if you don't want to do nothing for yourself, do something for your baby, make a life for her. you want your child to have a better life than you already have so she's part of my motivation. >> reporter: anthony is in the final running far full ride slar to cornell university. it's the kind of ambition one goal hopes to instill in all of its students. >> if i don't leave and stay here it's not going to do nothing for my family so i'd rather go get an education and start on my career and bring them back towards them so i can raise a family take care of my daughter, take care of my mother als
i didn't use computers, i didn't use my time wisely. i did ignorant things. >> reporter: rachel bennett says through self-motivation and the support of one goal hallmon turned everything around. >> last quarter he had a 4.1 g.p.a.. with the weight of his a.p. it will class so he was doing that as a young father. he takes care of his two-year-old, sees her everyday, takes her to her doctor appointments. >> my one goal teacher always encouraged me like if you don't want to do...
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a lot of us believe that because the nfl gave us the super bowl to host when we won the bid back in 2009, that it was a way for the world to say, "new orleans, you have done a great job coming back after such a tremendous catastrophe." and in many ways we can close the door on katrina. there will always be projects that we are working on to improve our environment and improve our community. we think we have come such a long way, and it is a great lesson for the rest of the nation on resiliency, persistence, and patience as well. > what are some parts of the economy where you would like to see more growth? > > we have done such a great job with the reform of our educational delivery system. 70% of our kids are in charter schools in orleans parish, which is a tremendous growth in time for many purposes. and the medical industry, i think, has great opportunity. we are building a $200 million medical complex that will be the home of the veterans administration. new orleans has recently been ranked as one of the top entrepreneurial hubs in the country, so, we really see ourselves as a city th
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>> yes. >> one neighbor told us dykes spoke of making worldwide news some day. others said he was often hostile and convinced the government was out to get him. but we have learned dykes is a navy veteran who served in the late sixties in japan and california, where he received awards for good conduct. >> people who know the hostage say he has autism and needs medication. tells me he has never been away from his mother this long. >> manuel, thanks very much. >> pelley: as president obama pushes for new gun control laws, the white house released a remarkable photograph today to back the president's claim of being a skeet shooter, the photo dated august 2012 shows the president shooting at camp david in a recent interview mr. obama says he understand it is views of gun owners because he is a sports shooter himself, leading some to question whether the president had ever fired a gun. over the last few days, one major american media company after another has announced that it has been attacked by hackers, twitter says its system was broken into and we have heard the
>> yes. >> one neighbor told us dykes spoke of making worldwide news some day. others said he was often hostile and convinced the government was out to get him. but we have learned dykes is a navy veteran who served in the late sixties in japan and california, where he received awards for good conduct. >> people who know the hostage say he has autism and needs medication. tells me he has never been away from his mother this long. >> manuel, thanks very much. >>...
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unite us, encourage us, strengthen us, protect us. go with us lord. bless this effort and this city as it under takes it and it's under your great name that we pray. amen. >> thank you all for coming >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or l
unite us, encourage us, strengthen us, protect us. go with us lord. bless this effort and this city as it under takes it and it's under your great name that we pray. amen. >> thank you all for coming >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the...
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most of us will never have to use that. kayla and eric were on board, they did have to. you're there with your wife. i don't want to make the mom to be sick, so you tell me about the conditions you're having to deal with on there. >> well, you know, it can be described in a couple ways. but most importantly, it's unsafe for anybody, let alone a pregnant woman to be around a place where you can't use a bathroom with a flush. it smells like urine and that's probably the biggest issue we're having to deal with. last night my wife had to sleep with the covers over her face because she couldn't deal with the smell. it's not everywhere, but there's pockets of it. so that's the biggest issue we've been having to deal with. >> that's a pretty big one at that. let me g to kayla's family, tricia, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. thanks for joining us. i'm talking to your sister right now, i don't know if you can hear her. she sounds good. how has this been for family members? have you been getting information regularly? how has the frustration been? >> well, it started out with inf
most of us will never have to use that. kayla and eric were on board, they did have to. you're there with your wife. i don't want to make the mom to be sick, so you tell me about the conditions you're having to deal with on there. >> well, you know, it can be described in a couple ways. but most importantly, it's unsafe for anybody, let alone a pregnant woman to be around a place where you can't use a bathroom with a flush. it smells like urine and that's probably the biggest issue we're...
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and then use a drop of testing fluid. all right. if i put a drop of testing fluid onto that little scratch mark that i make on the touch stone and if it goes green it's metal. if it stays the same color it's not metal. are you happy with that? yes, fine. fine. you ready, everybody? i'm going to get my glasses out for this. i'll just get my touchstone. and what i'm going to do is i'm gently going to rub-- can you see underneath the coil here of the horn? i think that is a position where it's simply-- you know, it's not going to damage it. it's just rubbing the surface onto the touchstone. ( squeaking ) now do you see that? look, i've made that little yellow mark there. ( all laugh ) oh, i can't see. what did she pay for it? £25. £25. congratulations. you own a bangle worth 7,000. oh! oh! you're joking. ( applause ) good god. i like it a bit better now. ( all laugh ) well, you've heard that expression "all that glisters is not gold," and with that magic solution john benjamin is able to give us the answer. that is a roadshow first f
and then use a drop of testing fluid. all right. if i put a drop of testing fluid onto that little scratch mark that i make on the touch stone and if it goes green it's metal. if it stays the same color it's not metal. are you happy with that? yes, fine. fine. you ready, everybody? i'm going to get my glasses out for this. i'll just get my touchstone. and what i'm going to do is i'm gently going to rub-- can you see underneath the coil here of the horn? i think that is a position where it's...
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keystone locks us into a dirty energy future. we have to make mooufl aggressively to a clean energy future. since president obama took office, wind has doubled in those four years, and solar has increased by a factor of five. we have clean energy solutions. that is our future. mesh innovation is not about keystone and dirty fuels. it's about clean energy, clean sustainable manager. >> the white house is talking about getting involved in the gay marriage debate and immigration reform. if he approves keystone and does nothing measurable in terms of the next four years on energy reform, how much of an issue is that for his legacy? >> well, it depends on how you are defining manager reform. i mean, as melinda just said, wind has doubled. solar is on the increase. let's not forget about cafe standards. when the president came into office, if i'm not mistaken, they have almost doubled since he came into office. when the cap and trade bill went down in congress, the president moved to do as much as he could through executive action to d
keystone locks us into a dirty energy future. we have to make mooufl aggressively to a clean energy future. since president obama took office, wind has doubled in those four years, and solar has increased by a factor of five. we have clean energy solutions. that is our future. mesh innovation is not about keystone and dirty fuels. it's about clean energy, clean sustainable manager. >> the white house is talking about getting involved in the gay marriage debate and immigration reform. if...
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ben wedeman is in cairo tonight and joins us from there. friday is usually a big day for protests in the mideast because it's a day for prayer, in the mosques, and thaen come out and protest. >> this week, it wasn't just friday. it was all week long we had protests and clashes. we were outside of the palace, basically the egyptian white house, where initially it was a peaceful demonstration, a mixed crowd of christians and muslims, religious and secular, young and old. very peaceful, but when the sun went down, those molotov cocktails started to be thrown over the walls. we saw young men firing fireworks over the wall as well. and the egyptian police eventually responding with tear gas and water cannons. i think one of the most disturbing images that's come out of there is these pictures broadcast live on egyptian tv of security forces, riot police, brutally beating a man who's naked on the ground. the ministry of the interior said they're going to investigate that incident, but as we have seen many times before, anderson, the ministry isn'
ben wedeman is in cairo tonight and joins us from there. friday is usually a big day for protests in the mideast because it's a day for prayer, in the mosques, and thaen come out and protest. >> this week, it wasn't just friday. it was all week long we had protests and clashes. we were outside of the palace, basically the egyptian white house, where initially it was a peaceful demonstration, a mixed crowd of christians and muslims, religious and secular, young and old. very peaceful, but...
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took us two years to do that. we look at these issues. in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families, and we have a whole new strata called the new league for, people who were driving forces yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure americans had the opportunity to have reasonable health care. not excessive. the fact is we've got to make sure that what happened in past -- and we know that. a lot of costs have spiraled out of control. we have to have a baseline. this country has promised that in a sense
took us two years to do that. we look at these issues. in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even...
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another system comes at us monday. those snow showers should hold off till night. we'll keep you posted. tuesday back into the 40s, wednesday chilly, upper 30s, seasonable thursday, mid-40s and next friday sunshine, temperatures around 50. it does appear punxsutawney will see his shadow tomorrow and declare six more weeks of winter, but we really haven't had winter yet anyway. >> a dusting we can handle. >>> let's send things down to wusa9's andrea roane handling our blitz and glitz coverage live from new orleans. hey, andrea. >> reporter: hi, derek. live from my hometown new orleans and live from a great party, patronne tequila express on the edge -- the patron tequila express party on the edge of seventh street. we'll meet the original of this wonderful product the spirit and the owner of the railcar in a while, but now we're enjoying food, drink, as well as spirits for a good cause. i want you to meet the founder and ceo of the project. this is zach rosenberg. he lived in our washington d.c. area several years but decided after hurricane katrina he wanted to do
another system comes at us monday. those snow showers should hold off till night. we'll keep you posted. tuesday back into the 40s, wednesday chilly, upper 30s, seasonable thursday, mid-40s and next friday sunshine, temperatures around 50. it does appear punxsutawney will see his shadow tomorrow and declare six more weeks of winter, but we really haven't had winter yet anyway. >> a dusting we can handle. >>> let's send things down to wusa9's andrea roane handling our blitz and...
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that's the best word i could use. there's no way any other storm in recent memory has been forecast that good, for that long. >> this pinpoint accuracy came from powerful super computers. they digest tremendous amounts of data about climate, wind speed, temperature, atmospheric pressure. from buoys in the ocean, planes flying through and around storms, satellites orbiting the earth. in fact, 90% of the data those computer models relied upon came from satellites. >> command control, engineering data. >> right out of here? >> yep, right out of here. >> katherine sullivan is deputy administrator of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa. the agency is in charge of monitoring and distributing data from two kinds of satellites. one type, called g.o.e.s., flies above the equator and provides a close up view of a given area. the other orbit the poles, taking big pictures of the planet's atmosphere. >> it's really critical to the global models that let us look ahead into the future, from a day to several da
that's the best word i could use. there's no way any other storm in recent memory has been forecast that good, for that long. >> this pinpoint accuracy came from powerful super computers. they digest tremendous amounts of data about climate, wind speed, temperature, atmospheric pressure. from buoys in the ocean, planes flying through and around storms, satellites orbiting the earth. in fact, 90% of the data those computer models relied upon came from satellites. >> command control,...
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how did we put our veterans best to use in taking care of us in a future disaster? the third thing i want to ask of you is to help us think about lessons around recovery. in the wake of new orleans, our city government started looking at how we prepare our self. and one thing we discovered was, as you all know, the relationships that exist on the ground between civilians and between our first responders, really will help to dictate our success in tackling not just our response, but our recovery. and this is why last year in my district, in the heart of north beach which i hope many of you will have a chance to visit, we set up a coordinating council, and this is a council made up of local residents, neighborhood associations, merchant groups, churches, nonprofit organizations, city officials, and first responders. the task of this local coordinating council was to figure out how do we deal with that first 72 hours and how do we recover? and we've learned an awful lot as we've developed these relationships and how do we avoid the mistakes that were made after hurrica
how did we put our veterans best to use in taking care of us in a future disaster? the third thing i want to ask of you is to help us think about lessons around recovery. in the wake of new orleans, our city government started looking at how we prepare our self. and one thing we discovered was, as you all know, the relationships that exist on the ground between civilians and between our first responders, really will help to dictate our success in tackling not just our response, but our...
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they tell what was useful for the boat, what they call chapter history. the remaining members of the chapters that can't talk about work they didn't create a collective account and memories if you do in a historical work very piecemeal. was interesting about the chapter history as one person was saying remember this in the other person to fill in for corrected with these sorts of things. there's also lots of young people. there were scholars like myself, also young people interested and were activists who are interested in legacy of the parties. so it's a very eclectic dynamic, interesting setting. postcodes do we need and bobby seale is still alive? >> guest: kiwi is deceased. he was killed in the 1980s. bobby seale is it best today, still speaking about the black panthers were on a regular basis. >> host: and why did the body disband? >> guest: several reasons. one was the fbi's counterintelligence programs, which was quite successful in doing a few things. installing provocateurs within the party that created some discord that exists now in the party b
they tell what was useful for the boat, what they call chapter history. the remaining members of the chapters that can't talk about work they didn't create a collective account and memories if you do in a historical work very piecemeal. was interesting about the chapter history as one person was saying remember this in the other person to fill in for corrected with these sorts of things. there's also lots of young people. there were scholars like myself, also young people interested and were...
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you are with us by phone samantha? (speaking on telephone) >> yes, ma'am, i am. >> what did you see and hear? >> i was at my apartment and haired the sigh lens getting louder. liked out my door seeing it getting really dark and i saw one of the transformers getting hit it was coming toward my apartment complex. debris started flying around every where so i got in and i heard it go around my apartment complex and it ended up in the music building behind me. >> how long would you get it was on the ground? we don't have confirmation at the weather service but you were living through it? >> yes, ma'am. >> i know from the videos it was on the ground for a while because it was coming down hardy street from the interstate. it was probably at least a good five minutes in my area. >> but you are okay. everybody you know is okay at least there. i know the school is on break. samantha wilson joining us tonight inl so glad you are all right. thank you for sharing what you saw in your picture that you took as well. >> thank you. >>
you are with us by phone samantha? (speaking on telephone) >> yes, ma'am, i am. >> what did you see and hear? >> i was at my apartment and haired the sigh lens getting louder. liked out my door seeing it getting really dark and i saw one of the transformers getting hit it was coming toward my apartment complex. debris started flying around every where so i got in and i heard it go around my apartment complex and it ended up in the music building behind me. >> how long...
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i do use meaningful beauty. and i'm gonna show you how i do it. >> plus, imagine if you could have every one of cindy's youth-enhancing secrets for yourself at more than half off the regular price. >> it's no joke. just watch for this special coupon code when it shows up again later in the program. and take advantage of over 50% in instant coupon savings thanks to cindy. >> just ahead, it's your chance to look years younger as you discover the age-defined magic of meaningful beauty advanced. ♪ >> you know her as america's most celebrated super model. appearing on over 600 magazine covers and counting. hi, everyone, i'm katrina szish here today with one of the most beautiful women in the world. please join me for this very special close-up interview with cindy crawford. nice to see you, cindy. i am so excited to sit down and really talk to you about meaningful beauty. >> thank you for being here too. >> people are talking about it everywhere. women's wear daily even recently talked about it as one of the top te
i do use meaningful beauty. and i'm gonna show you how i do it. >> plus, imagine if you could have every one of cindy's youth-enhancing secrets for yourself at more than half off the regular price. >> it's no joke. just watch for this special coupon code when it shows up again later in the program. and take advantage of over 50% in instant coupon savings thanks to cindy. >> just ahead, it's your chance to look years younger as you discover the age-defined magic of meaningful...
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where do you want us, when do you want us, like fedex, we are absolutely guaranteed to be there overnight. it's what we do. it's what we are trained for. and the more we understand and can operate with civic forces, the more we understand what already exists in our life line, the more we can break down political barriers and culture barriers that exist within our own country, the more we can partner and stabilize and support civic operations, because as someone said earlier in the panel, if we need to come in, things are pretty bad. but here's the good news. we bring a tremendous arsenal of capability and talent and technology and command and control and mostly we bring a how can i help you, how can i work to support your mission, how can i make a difference? is your hospital structure so overloaded and so overburdened and so overcrowded and so crushed that we need to off load patients to other counties, to other states, to other areas in the country? do your roads work? do you have a transportation infrastructure, do you have a communications net up? no? we can bring that. we come as we
where do you want us, when do you want us, like fedex, we are absolutely guaranteed to be there overnight. it's what we do. it's what we are trained for. and the more we understand and can operate with civic forces, the more we understand what already exists in our life line, the more we can break down political barriers and culture barriers that exist within our own country, the more we can partner and stabilize and support civic operations, because as someone said earlier in the panel, if we...